Panama Canal History
Museum - Photos, Documents,... __ This site offers a history of
the canal, photos, prints, stories, documents and books available for
purchase. - illustrated - From canalmuseum.com -
http://www.canalmuseum.com/

Panama History __ "Under Spanish rule from 1501,
Panama was a pivotal trade route and collection point for Spanish commerce
from the New World. " Concise look at Panama history along with
additional information about Panama. - illustrated - From iexplore.com -
http://www.iexplore.com/dmap/Panama/History

Panama
History __ "In the years to follow, Panama went into decline,
becoming a province of Colombia when the South American nation received its
independence in 1821. In 1846, Colombia signed a treaty permitting the USA
to construct a railway across the isthmus and to defend it with military
force." A history of Panama as only Lonely Planet can write it. - From
lonelyplanet.com -
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/panama/history

Panama History - History of Panama __ "Panama’s
history doesn’t begin in 1501 with the arrival of the first European. The
country has a rich pre-Columbian heritage going back over 11,000 years. Some
of the first pottery-making villages in the Americas took root in Central
Panama." A concise, but not too long, look at the history of Panama. -
From caribbean-panama-real-estate.com -
http://www.caribbean-panama-real-estate.com/panama-history.php

Political and Economic History of Panama __ "Upon the
independence of the territories of the Spanish Empire in the Americas the
Isthmus of Panama achieved independence as a separate unit but joined Neuva
Granada in keeping with Simon Bolivar's dream of an Hispanic-American
superstate." An overview of Panama's history with an economic slant. -
From Thayer Watkins -
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/panama.htm

The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Panama __ "The
first Jews to settle in Panama were Spanish and Portuguese Conversos who
were forced to practice their Judaism in secret. At the end of Spanish
colonial rule in 1821, Panama became attached to Colombia and at this time
several Sephardi Jews from Jamaica and Ashkenazi Jews from Central Europe
settled in the province." A history of the Jewish People and their
association with Panama. - From jewishvirtuallibrary.org -
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Panama.html